expressingn.
The action of express v.1; (now gerundial) the action:
a. of pressing out, pressing out the contents of.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > pressing to extract something
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1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 May 2/1 The..expressing of seed for oils.
b. of representing, uttering, or manifesting (thoughts, meanings, etc.).
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society > communication > expression > [noun]
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 17 No parte of the vowell, at his expressyng, shulde passe forth by the mowth.
1612 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 260 I cannot hope for better expressings then I have given of them.
1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 4 Pleasant beyond expressing.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 355 The expressing of any one syllable in a word, with a little higher tune, and longer time then others.
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